The Squad - retain or release?


I agree with that. Ba clearly has loads of natural talent but he's still a way from ready for the first team. That said, we could have said the same of Hume last year and he's been an absolute revelation.

I think you're wrong about Ba now and if you'd asked me I'd have said you were wrong about Hume then as well tbh.

Of all the players we brought in only Anderson needs experience imo.
 
This should be merged with my August Predictor thread. There's points at stake for correct predictions. No prizes mind.
 
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Sell/release:
Pritchard
dajaku
Diamond (if he's not been sacked already)
Wright
Matete

Loan out:
Ba
Anderson

Frees up a bit of space in the registered playing squad and a bit of cash for:
Belllingham
2 x CF
1 x CM
1 CB
Loan or two of an Amad type.
 
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26 Bailey Wright - sell

probably a decent chance that if he'd stayed here (obviously not breaking his leg) we'd have managed set pieces better and gone through against luton?

we need another player who can attack dead balls as without batth and ballard we were absolutely woeful from set pieces
 
1 Anthony Patterson - retain
2 Niall Huggins - retain/loan out
3 Dennis Cirkin - new contract / 12 months left
4 Corry Evans - retain, influential, experienced, skipper
5 Daniel Ballard - retain, hes a monster
6 Danny Batth - retain, important experienced head at the back
7 Leon Dajaku - sell
8 Elliot Embleton - sell? i like him but feel we've surpassed his level
10 Patrick Roberts - new contract / 12 months left
11 Lynden Gooch - retain / good squad player
12 Alex Bass - depends on keeper situation, but ultimately we need someone to push patterson for the number 1 shirt
13 Luke O’Nien - new conract / 12 months left
14 Ross Stewart - hopefully signs / if not cash in as 12 months left
15 Carl Winchester - released
16 Amad - returned to man united
17 Abdoullah Ba - retain, gonna be important next year
18 Ellis Taylor - failed loan at hartlepool but has had a tough year personally. potential loan again?
19 Jewison Bennette - retain, loan may be off cards due to language barrier
20 Jack Clarke - retain although I feel he will be hard to keep
21 Alex Pritchard - influential in the run in but i feel he need to add more goals and assists to his game therefore not arsed if he stays or goes
22 Isaac Lihadji - retain, likely amad's replacement?
23 Jack Diamond - no comment.
24 Dan Neil - retain, improving all the time
25 Edouard Michut - returned to Paris. Option to buy?
26 Bailey Wright - sell
27 Jay Matete - i have a soft spot for him and i think he has potential, i wouldnt sell him, maybe another loan?
28 Joe Gelhardt - returned to leeds. would have him back.
29 Harrison Sohna - isnt gonna make it here
30 Jacob Carney - isnt gonna make it here
32 Trai Hume - most improved player? his development has been ace. first choice right back.
39 Pierre Ekwah - gonna be some player next season.
42 Aji Alese - again, i think hes brilliant and will only improve
45 Joe Anderson - loan out immediately, he needs games

anyone do anything differently?
Pretty much agree with all except Lihadji being Amad's replacement
 
Tbf at the time of posting them they weren’t far from the mark.

They’ve clearly improved.

I’ll stand by the opinion that lihadji won’t ever be fit to replace diallo

The bar is so high it's very unlikely we will replace Amad with his level of quality, or better.

Lihadji has played 79 minutes of championship football. He'll come good
 
probably a decent chance that if he'd stayed here (obviously not breaking his leg) we'd have managed set pieces better and gone through against luton?
Matete probably would have got more game time after Evans' injury too. But both Wright and Matete wanted to play more than they thought they would here, that's why they went out on loan and that's the flaw in the idea of "backup players".
 
Matete probably would have got more game time after Evans' injury too. But both Wright and Matete wanted to play more than they thought they would here, that's why they went out on loan and that's the flaw in the idea of "backup players".

i dunno matete would have been much of an improvement. but we were absolutely clammin for a centre half for the last month of the season or so.
Fkn hell I think I’d leave the board if I’d said all that😯😂

most of that is just knee jerkin but aye the opinion on cirkin and clarke is crackers.
 
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1 Anthony Patterson - retain
2 Niall Huggins - retain/loan out
3 Dennis Cirkin - new contract / 12 months left
4 Corry Evans - retain, influential, experienced, skipper
5 Daniel Ballard - retain, hes a monster
6 Danny Batth - retain, important experienced head at the back
7 Leon Dajaku - sell
8 Elliot Embleton - sell? i like him but feel we've surpassed his level
10 Patrick Roberts - new contract / 12 months left
11 Lynden Gooch - retain / good squad player
12 Alex Bass - depends on keeper situation, but ultimately we need someone to push patterson for the number 1 shirt
13 Luke O’Nien - new conract / 12 months left
14 Ross Stewart - hopefully signs / if not cash in as 12 months left
15 Carl Winchester - released
16 Amad - returned to man united
17 Abdoullah Ba - retain, gonna be important next year
18 Ellis Taylor - failed loan at hartlepool but has had a tough year personally. potential loan again?
19 Jewison Bennette - retain, loan may be off cards due to language barrier
20 Jack Clarke - retain although I feel he will be hard to keep
21 Alex Pritchard - influential in the run in but i feel he need to add more goals and assists to his game therefore not arsed if he stays or goes
22 Isaac Lihadji - retain, likely amad's replacement?
23 Jack Diamond - no comment.
24 Dan Neil - retain, improving all the time
25 Edouard Michut - returned to Paris. Option to buy?
26 Bailey Wright - sell
27 Jay Matete - i have a soft spot for him and i think he has potential, i wouldnt sell him, maybe another loan?
28 Joe Gelhardt - returned to leeds. would have him back.
29 Harrison Sohna - isnt gonna make it here
30 Jacob Carney - isnt gonna make it here
32 Trai Hume - most improved player? his development has been ace. first choice right back.
39 Pierre Ekwah - gonna be some player next season.
42 Aji Alese - again, i think hes brilliant and will only improve
45 Joe Anderson - loan out immediately, he needs games

anyone do anything differently?
Dunno
 

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